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    Patrol officers use discretion each and every time while on shift. They will respond to a variety of calls and have to make a decision on scene whether to charge a subject or arrest them. Patrol officers also work traffic and enforce moving violations and equipment violations. Try to imagine if officers did not have discretion and had to fully enforce the law each time a violation occurred. This would have a negative impact on community relations and would also completely saturate our court systems

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    Police Discretion Case Study

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    Police Discretion Case Analysis Albeiro E. Florez Law Enforcement Administration CCJS 340 Due by 13 October 2013 Author Note Albeiro E. Florez‚ Department of Criminal Justice‚ University of Maryland University College. This report is a response to Professor Jeffrey B. Bumgarner’s project 2 directives. Correspondence concerning this report should be addressed to Albeiro E. Florez‚ Department of Criminal Justice‚ University of Maryland University College‚ Adelphi eCampus‚ Adelphi‚ MD

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    limit bureaucratic discretion. The doctrine that specific rights expressed in the Bill of Rights is included in the concept of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment and is therefore applicable to the states. Due process in administrative actions is speaking in regards to administrative discretion and administrative law. Bureaucratic discretion factors heavily into the administrative process‚ as public administrators try to put into effect what Congress makes (politically) through broad and sometimes

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    Discretion refers to the authority granted to a police officer that allows him to decide how best to deal with a certain situation. This is aimed at increasing the flexibility of the justice system as punishment may not always be the appropriate mode of dealing with crimes. Discretion may empower a police officer to overlook a minor offense giving the offender a warning. Police discretion is a very important aspect in matters concerning criminal justice. There has been a constant dilemma between

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    Throughout law enforcement‚ discretion plays one of the biggest roles. The biggest department in the world is known as the NYPD. The NYPD is the heart of New York City. Some people would see discretion is a good thing for the community‚ meanwhile‚ others see discretion as officers not doing their job. Discretion as many people that plays parts to how it would or should be handled. Some article argued for discretion and some argue against it. Discretion is processed differently depending on the situation

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    Police Role Discretion J

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    Police Role & Discretion By Dr Jacqueline Azzopardi PhD What is a “role”? Role = RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES linked with a particular position in society Role expectation = the BEHAVIOUR & ACTIONS that people expect from a person in a particular role Role conflict = Trying to perform 2 or more INCOMPATIBLE responsibilities (STRESS!) Eg: Police Service Vs P Force What is the Role of the Police? “Anyone attempting to construct a workable definition of the police role will typically come away with old

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    Discretion In The Criminal Justice System Discretion is the eminence of once behavior or the way of speaking in order to avoid any offensive occurrence or speaking up any private issues or information in public. It is the self-determination for someone to choose or think what should be better to be done in particular circumstances. Especially for a judge‚ a public official or other private party has the authority to make decisions on any legal matters or other big official subjects. Thus‚ a person

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    I read about the exercise of discretion and it caught my attention because it is a quality that one as a teacher uses in the classroom every day. As there is so much one to one interactivity with the students‚ a teacher must be discreet about what one hears and use judgement about how they are to teach the students. Discretion is also used in deciding what materials and teaching direction will be taught‚ given the wide variety of resources there are and all the different regulations from either districts

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    what types of situations should police officers be allowed NOT to enforce the laws? Police officers should be allowed to use their own discretion in petty circumstances such as children writing on walls. 3. In what types of situations should they be required to fully enforce the law? Suspect child pornography/cruelty. Why does police discretion exist and what are its strengths and weaknesses? Why does it exist. Because the law is many times considered an ***. Take for instance‚

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    Police officers in the United States and around the world have an extremely hard job both physically and mentally. Police discretion is a tool that officers use every day on their jobs (Odom 2009). It is a decision making process where the officer deduces from the situation and observation the best solution. For example‚ an officer pulls over a driver for running a red light. The officer must decide whether or not to issue the driver a citation. If the officer feels the driver isn’t intoxicated

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